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The novel says Shu Han deputy Du Rui oversaw making Zhuge Liang’s Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse; the Records of the Three Kingdoms omits him.

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  • Novel · ch. 102Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    …孔明回到帳中,喚裨將杜叡、胡忠二人,附耳授以密計。令喚集隨軍匠作一千餘人,入葫蘆谷中,製造「木牛流馬」應用﹔又令馬岱領五百兵守住谷口。…
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    三更以後,天復清朗。孔明在山頭上鳴金收軍。原來二更時陰雲四合,乃孔明用遁甲之法﹔後收兵已了,天復清朗,乃孔明驅六丁六甲掃蕩浮雲也。當下孔明得勝回寨,命將鄭文斬了,再議取渭南之策。每日令兵搦戰,魏軍只不出迎。孔明自乘小車,來祁山前渭水東西踏看地理。忽到一谷口,見其形如葫蘆之狀,內中可容千餘人﹔兩山又合一谷,可容四五百人﹔背後兩山環抱,只可通一人一騎。孔明看了,心中大喜,問鄉導官曰:「此谷何名?」答曰:「此名上方谷,又名葫蘆谷。」孔明回到帳中,喚裨將杜叡、胡忠二人,附耳授以密計。令喚集隨軍匠作一千餘人,入葫蘆谷中,製造「木牛流馬」應用﹔又令馬岱領五百兵守住谷口。孔明囑馬岱曰:「匠作人等,不許放出﹔外人不許放入。吾還不時自來點視。捉司馬懿之計,只在此舉。切不可走漏消息。」馬岱受命而去。杜叡等二人在谷中監督匠作,依法製造。孔明每日自來指示。

Du Rui was a deputy general of Shu Han. He appears in Chapter 102 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms but is not mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

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Acting on Zhuge Liang’s secret plan, Du Rui entered Hulu Valley with Hu Zhong and oversaw the craftsmen accompanying the army as they made the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

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  • Dispatched by Zhuge Liang, he oversaw the craftsmen together with Hu Zhong.

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Novel · ch. 102